World English BibleWhen Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.

Young's Literal Translation When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

Lexicon

When Ephraim'Ephrayim (ef-rah'-yim)double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Ephraim, Ephraimites.spakedabar (daw-bar')perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subduetremblingrtheth (reth-ayth')terror -- trembling.he exaltednasa' (naw-saw')to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)himself in IsraelYisra'el (yis-raw-ale')he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.but when he offended'asham (aw-sham')to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perishin BaalBa`al (bah'-al)Baal, a Phoenician deity -- Baal, (plural) Baalim.he diedmuwth (mooth)causatively, to kill